There have been a couple of videos that have caught my eye lately so I though I’d give them some love since the death of Musical Television left a void for a forum on the art form so here they are courtesy of YouTube. I advise you to watch them before you read my reviews if you don’t want me to spoil things. If you are interested in buying the video through iTunes, click the title link (where available, if not the link goes to YouTube where you can watch the video in full screen). If you are interested in buying the song, look for a link in the analysis.
There’s a good chance you have already seen this video considering it’s already logged over a million views on YouTube in under a week but it’s worth another look. The most powerful image is that of the fighter jets flying over the Superdome. Chilling. The song was supposed to be available in iTunes in starting November, but I have yet to see it. The song of course will be part of the upcoming single disk Greatest Hits. Granted I can’t endorse any U2 retrospective that doesn’t include All I Want Is You.
Much like the album Sam's Town (see Nobody Ever Had a Dream Round Here), the video for the latest Killers video is a little bit of a letdown. Yeah the video is great, but I was expecting something more along the lines of Tim Burton’s to stop motion movies. Instead we get a mix with live action that looks more Army of Darkness than Nightmare before Christmas. Leave it to The Killers to make something great and be disappointing at the same time.
Okay the song isn’t as close as catchy as 1984, but the latest video from Bowling for Soup is equally, if not more entertaining as its predecessor. My personal favorite of the montages has to be the wedgies one. Brings back fond memories for me (but I hope that the revenge doesn’t happen to me at my High School reunion).
I’m still warming up to the latest album by Pete Yorn (see Walk Me Out in the Morning Sun) and this video is helping the cause out. Granted I’m not entirely sure exactly what’s going on, but there’s a good laugh when Pete’s making googlily eyes at the cartoon bird in its dream. Brilliant.
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